WO2020187401A1 - Pallet having stacking stops on the pallet top - Google Patents

Pallet having stacking stops on the pallet top Download PDF

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WO2020187401A1
WO2020187401A1 PCT/EP2019/056846 EP2019056846W WO2020187401A1 WO 2020187401 A1 WO2020187401 A1 WO 2020187401A1 EP 2019056846 W EP2019056846 W EP 2019056846W WO 2020187401 A1 WO2020187401 A1 WO 2020187401A1
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Rene Kloeters
Ralf-Peter Finke
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Paul Craemer Gmbh
Greencycle Umweltmanagement Gmbh
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Priority to EP19713729.2A priority Critical patent/EP3941839B1/en
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Priority to ES19713729T priority patent/ES2963520T3/en
Priority to PL19713729.2T priority patent/PL3941839T3/en
Publication of WO2020187401A1 publication Critical patent/WO2020187401A1/en
Priority to US17/471,352 priority patent/US11718447B2/en

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  • the invention relates to a pallet according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Plastic pallets are particularly preferred in the hygiene sector because of their smooth surface, which hardly absorbs soiling and is especially easy to clean.
  • plastic pallets Compared to wooden pallets, plastic pallets have better sliding properties. This can be problematic if, during so-called empty runs, plastic pallets without any load on them are stacked directly on top of one another. To ensure the secure hold of such a stack of pallets, it is known from practice to design trainees slip-resistant pallet. Depending on the weather conditions, however, the anti-slip effect of a pallet can be impaired, for example if hoar frost forms on the surface of a pallet. For this reason and also for the purpose of securing loads, it is known to provide projections on the pallet which, for. B. are designed as edge strips and protrude upward beyond the pallet deck. In particular, it is known to arrange such strips outside the base of a pallet deck, so that the pallet deck provides a standardized base of the pallet of, for example, 1200 x 800 mm in full for the storage of cargo.
  • the invention is based on the object to improve a generic range in such a way that this also in the mixed operation z. B. can be stacked with wooden pallets and ensures a high stability of the stack when a stack is formed with other similar pallets.
  • the invention proposes that the stops are not located outside the actual pallet base area, but rather within the dimensions that the pallet already has.
  • the invention is based on the idea that, in contrast to wooden pallets, the runners of a plastic pallet are also elongated and essentially rectangular, but do not actually have a rectangular contact area, but rather rounded at the four corner areas of this contact area or with a 45 ° bevel, or in a similar way in the four Eckbe range from a 90 ° -Eck impart deviate.
  • the runners are typically formed by wooden boards that are simply cut to length so that the appropriate saw cut actually results in an elongated rectangle with four 90 ° corners as the contact surface of the runners of a wooden pallet. Compared to such contact areas, the contact areas of runners of a plastic pallet therefore have so-called flaws in the four corners, where they deviate from an exactly rectangular contour.
  • the present proposal provides that stops are arranged on the pallet deck over the imperfections of the pallet, i.e. where the imperfections of a second, similar pallet are located, which is piled up congruently on the pallet proposed by the proposal.
  • This arrangement of the stops ensures that the stops are not arranged outside the width of a runner. In this way, movement in the longitudinal direction of the runner is prevented by the attacks. For the same reason, the stops also cause a movement transversely to the longitudinal direction of the runner, since in this respect, too, the stops are not arranged outside the runner length, but rather cause a positive fit with the runner.
  • the stops can be designed as strips so that an elongated stop can be created which can also serve to a particularly high degree as a transport lock for goods placed on the pallet.
  • the stops are not designed as elongated strips, but rather as upright protruding knobs. If a load is placed on the pallet deck that fully utilizes the dimensions of the pallet deck, such a load is also placed on the front striking attacks. In order to prevent deformations of the charge from contact with the stops or to keep them to a minimum, the small cross-sectional areas that the knobs have in comparison to strips are particularly advantageous. Should the
  • knobs slightly depress a cardboard packaging in some areas, but this can prevent undesired pressure or undesired deformation of the load located in such a cardboard packaging.
  • the knobs are arranged exclusively within the so-called defect areas, that is to say the areas of the pallet deck where the defects in the runners of a second, stacked pallet are located.
  • the desired small cross-sectional area of the knobs is guaranteed.
  • the knobs can advantageously run upwards with a constant cross section. This gives them optimum mechanical stability compared to knobs, which taper sharply towards their upper end. So unwanted Deformun conditions of the knobs are excluded, for example, if the load is placed on the knobs, or if when stacking a wooden pallet the runners there have no defects and therefore the wooden pallet and other pallets stacked on it u. a. also support on the knobs.
  • the stops can preferably have a height which is between 3 and 10 mm, that is to say protrudes correspondingly high above the pallet deck. In this way, a reliable form fit is ensured on the one hand, which ensures a good Sta pelverbund similar plastic pallets. On the other hand, the height is so low that, on the one hand, undesired damage to the stops themselves and other unwanted damage to the cargo is avoided.
  • the height of the stops can be between 4 and 6 mm.
  • these dimensions have been found to be an excellent compromise between an advantageously flat configuration and an advantageously form-fitting configuration of the stops in first practical tests.
  • stops can be arranged in a row on one side of the pallet deck, assuming that the pallet deck also has rounded corners of its essentially rectangular surface and accordingly the four corners also represent flaws. Where no stops can be arranged, the four mentioned stops allow an optimal form fit with a similar, above-arranged pallet by the palet tendeck of the lower pallet is provided with stops at all four suitable defects in the runners of the upper pallet.
  • the two outer stops have a lower height than the two middle stops.
  • the wooden runners are on the proposed stops of the lower pallet.
  • the two middle stops for stacking similar plastic pallets ensure an optimal form fit due to their greater height and the two lower, outer stops only have a supportive effect
  • the two lower outer stops provide a tilt protection for a wooden pallet located above According to the proposal, are located on the surface of the pallet deck, that is to say on the area possibly used by the cargo, an advantageous embodiment of the stops is that they do not act as a disruptive body for the cargo.
  • the stops are advantageous both in terms of their cross section and their height as small as possible and, on the other hand, as large as necessary to effect the desired form-fitting with a second, similar range. Due to the different heights of the middle and outer knobs, these two different objectives are pursued: While the two middle knobs offer an excellent form fit due to their greater height, if they were provided alone they would be stacked on the pallet Wooden pallet, similar to a tilting axis, enables tilting movements of the wooden pallet to both sides. These tilting movements are effectively prevented by the two outer stops, the wooden pallet due to its inherent elasticity with its three runners on all four stops and is thus reliably secured against tilting movements. At the same time, the lower height of the external stops supports the endeavor to make the stops provided according to the proposal as small as possible.
  • heights of the attacks have been found to be advantageous, which are between 5 and 6 mm for the two middle attacks mentioned, in particular 5.5 mm protrude beyond the pallet deck, and for the two outer attacks between 3.5 and 4.5 mm, in particular protrude 4 mm above the pallet deck.
  • the proposed pallet can advantageously be equipped with a non-slip surface.
  • a large number of different proposals are known from practice, so that they do not need to be discussed in more detail.
  • the anti-slip surface supports stable stacking with similar or differently designed pallets. However, should the anti-slip effect be impaired by moisture, ice formation or the like, the proposed stops still ensure a stable hold of stacked pallets.
  • An embodiment of a proposed pallet is explained in more detail below with reference to the purely schematic representations. It shows
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of the pallet
  • a pallet 1 is shown, which is designed as a Euro pallet and therefore end faces 2 of 800 mm in length and long sides 3 of 1,200 mm in length and a pallet tenkbody made of plastic.
  • the upper side of the pallet 1, referred to as the pallet deck 4, has strips with a non-slip coating 5. Under some of these strips reinforcement profiles made of steel are arranged to stiffen the pallet 1 in the longitudinal and transverse directions.
  • each end face 2 is arranged on the edge of the pallet deck 4 to 6 beats, which are designed in the form of cylindrical knobs.
  • Four stops 6 are provided on each end face 2, the two middle knobs each protruding from the pallet deck 4 at a height of 5.5 mm and the two outer stops 6 each having a height of 4 mm above the pallet deck 4 protrude upwards.
  • Fig. 2 shows that the pallet 1 on the long sides 3 has two recesses from the top by the pallet deck 4, to the side by feet 8 and down by runners 9 be, the runners 9 on the the entire length of the pallet 1 extend.
  • 3 shows the view of an end face 2 of the pallet 1.
  • Two entry pockets 7 are created between the three runners 9 and serve to accommodate the fork of an industrial truck.
  • Fig. 4 shows a perspective view obliquely from above on egg ne end face 2 and the middle foot 8 and the two middle stops 6, which are designed as cylindrical knobs and completely within the standardized dimensions of the pallet of 800 x 1,200 mm of the Euro Pallet are arranged, so do not protrude beyond the pallet deck 4 to the outside.
  • FIG. 5 shows the pallet 1 from below, below the pallet deck 4 the three runners 9 can be seen, the shape of the runners 9 shown in FIG. 5 showing the respective contact surface of a runner 9.
  • the pallet 1 has the rounded corner areas 10 and it can be seen that the rounded areas 11 that are not on the outside, but further inside have a larger bending radius than the outer corner areas 10.
  • it is through at one point Dashed lines 12 indicated that there is an approximately triangular flaw 14 in the rounded areas 11, compared with a precisely rectangular footprint of the runners 9, as would be the case, for example, with a wooden pallet.
  • Fig. 1 shows in dashed lines 12 the course of one end of a runner 9 un below the to what extent visible pallet deck 4. where there is on the runners 9, the defects 14 due to the curved loading areas 11, the same pallet 1 has so-called defect areas 15 on its pallet deck 4. This denotes the areas where the flaws 14 of a second pallet 1 of the same type are located when this is stacked congruently on the pallet deck 4 of the pallet 1 shown.
  • the stops 6 are located exclusively in the area of these defective areas 15.
  • the dashed lines 12 in FIG. 3 show that the two middle stops 6 form a form fit with a middle foot 8 of a similar pallet 1 standing on the pallet deck 4.
  • the two outer stops 6 serve only as tipping protection in the event that a pallet made of wood is stacked on the pallet 1 shown, the exact rectangular middle runner would rest on the two middle stops 6, since these wooden ones The runner does not have the defects 14.
  • the two outer stops 6 serve only as tipping protection in the event that a pallet made of wood is stacked on the pallet 1 shown, the exact rectangular middle runner would rest on the two middle stops 6, since these wooden ones The runner does not have the defects 14.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a pallet (1) as a load carrier, comprising a top face, which is called the pallet top (4), and a bottom face, which is designed in the form of separate runners (9), the pallet (1) consisting of plastics material, and the runners (9) having an elongate, substantially rectangular standing surface but having voids (14) in the form of roundings or chamfers at the four corners of said standing surface, stops (6) being arranged at the edge of the pallet top (4), which stops project upward beyond the pallet top (4). According to the invention, the stops (6) are arranged in so-called void regions (15) of the pallet top (4), namely where the voids (14) of a runner (9) of a second, identical pallet (1) standing congruently on the pallet top (4) are located.

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"Palette mit Stapel-Anschlägen auf dem Palettendeck" "Pallet with stacking stops on the pallet deck"
Beschreibung: Description:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Palette nach dem Oberbegriff des An spruchs 1. The invention relates to a pallet according to the preamble of claim 1.
Gattungsgemäße Paletten sind in großer Vielzahl aus der Praxis bekannt. Die überwiegende Anzahl an Paletten, die in der Praxis im Einsatz ist, besteht aus Holz, vielfach in Form besonders preisgünstiger Einweg-Paletten, teils jedoch auch in hochwerti ger Ausgestaltung, sodass derartige Holzpaletten mehrere Um läufe durchleben können. Generic pallets are known in large numbers from practice. The vast majority of pallets that are used in practice are made of wood, often in the form of particularly inexpensive disposable pallets, but sometimes also in a high-quality design so that such wooden pallets can go through several rounds.
Ein kleinerer Teil der in der Praxis verwendeten Paletten besteht, wie eine gattungsgemäße Palette, aus Kunststoff. Insbesondere im Hygienebereich werden Kunststoffpaletten bevorzugt, auf grund ihrer glatten Oberfläche, die kaum Verschmutzungen an nimmt und insbesondere leicht zu reinigen ist. A smaller part of the pallets used in practice, like a generic pallet, is made of plastic. Plastic pallets are particularly preferred in the hygiene sector because of their smooth surface, which hardly absorbs soiling and is especially easy to clean.
Im Vergleich zu Holzpaletten weisen Kunststoffpaletten bessere Gleiteigenschaften auf. Dies kann problematisch sein, wenn bei sogenannten Leerfahrten Kunststoffpaletten ohne darauf befind liche Ladung unmittelbar aufeinandergestapelt werden. Um den sicheren Halt eines solchen Palettenstapels zu gewährleisten, ist es aus der Praxis bekannt, die Palette rutschhemmend auszu gestalten. Je nach den Witterungsbedingungen kann die rutsch hemmende Wirkung einer Palette jedoch beeinträchtigt werden, beispielsweise wenn sich Raureif auf der Oberfläche einer Palet te bildet. Aus diesem Grund und auch zum Zwecke der Ladungssicherung ist es bekannt, an der Palette Vorsprünge vorzusehen, die z. B. als Randleisten ausgestaltet sind und über das Palettendeck hinaus nach oben ragen. Insbesondere ist es bekannt, derartige Leisten außerhalb der Grundfläche eines Palettendecks anzu ordnen, sodass das Palettendeck eine genormte Grundfläche der Palette von beispielsweise 1200 x 800 mm vollumfänglich für das Abstellen von Ladung zur Verfügung stellt. Compared to wooden pallets, plastic pallets have better sliding properties. This can be problematic if, during so-called empty runs, plastic pallets without any load on them are stacked directly on top of one another. To ensure the secure hold of such a stack of pallets, it is known from practice to design trainees slip-resistant pallet. Depending on the weather conditions, however, the anti-slip effect of a pallet can be impaired, for example if hoar frost forms on the surface of a pallet. For this reason and also for the purpose of securing loads, it is known to provide projections on the pallet which, for. B. are designed as edge strips and protrude upward beyond the pallet deck. In particular, it is known to arrange such strips outside the base of a pallet deck, so that the pallet deck provides a standardized base of the pallet of, for example, 1200 x 800 mm in full for the storage of cargo.
Für die Handhabung der Palette in automatisierten Umgebungen können diese über das Grundmaß der Palette hinaus ragenden Überstände, wie sie durch die erwähnten Leisten geschaffen werden, nachteilig sein und zu Betriebsstörungen beispielsweise einer hoch automatisierten Fördertechnik führen, wie sie bei spielsweise in einem weitgehend automatisierten Zentrallager eines Handelsunternehmens vorhanden sein kann. For the handling of the pallet in automated environments, these overhangs protruding beyond the basic dimensions of the pallet, as created by the bars mentioned, can be disadvantageous and lead to operational disruptions, for example in a highly automated conveyor system, such as those in a largely automated central warehouse Trading company may exist.
Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine gattungsgemäße Palette dahingehend zu verbessern, dass diese auch im ge mischten Betrieb z. B. mit Holzpaletten gestapelt werden kann und bei einer Stapelbildung mit gleichartigen weiteren Paletten eine hohe Stabilität des Stapels sicherstellt. The invention is based on the object to improve a generic range in such a way that this also in the mixed operation z. B. can be stacked with wooden pallets and ensures a high stability of the stack when a stack is formed with other similar pallets.
Diese Aufgabe wird durch eine Palette mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 gelöst. Vorteilhafte Ausgestaltungen sind in den Unteransprüchen beschrieben. This object is achieved by a pallet with the features of claim 1. Advantageous embodiments are described in the subclaims.
Die Erfindung schlägt mit anderen Worten vor, dass sich die An schläge nicht außerhalb der eigentlichen Palettengrundfläche befinden, sondern innerhalb der Abmessungen, welche die Pa lette ohnehin aufweist. Die Erfindung geht dabei von der Überle gung aus, dass im Unterschied zu Holzpaletten die Kufen einer Kunststoffpalette zwar ebenfalls länglich und im Wesentlichen rechteckig ausgestaltet sind, jedoch keine tatsächlich rechtecki ge Aufstandsfläche aufweisen, sondern vielmehr an den vier Eckbereichen dieser Aufstandsfläche gerundet oder mit einer 45°-Fase verlaufen, oder auf ähnliche Weise in den vier Eckbe reichen von einer 90°-Eckausbildung abweichen. Bei Holzpalet ten hingegen werden die Kufen typischerweise durch Holzbretter gebildet, die einfach passend abgelängt werden, sodass sich durch den entsprechenden Sägeschnitt tatsächlich ein längliches Rechteck mit vier 90°-Ecken als Aufstandsfläche der Kufe einer Holzpalette ergibt. Im Vergleich zu derartigen Aufstandsflächen weisen die Aufstandsflächen von Kufen einer Kunststoffpalette in den vier Ecken daher so genannte Fehlstellen auf, wo sie von einer exakt rechteckigen Kontur abweichen. In other words, the invention proposes that the stops are not located outside the actual pallet base area, but rather within the dimensions that the pallet already has. The invention is based on the idea that, in contrast to wooden pallets, the runners of a plastic pallet are also elongated and essentially rectangular, but do not actually have a rectangular contact area, but rather rounded at the four corner areas of this contact area or with a 45 ° bevel, or in a similar way in the four Eckbe range from a 90 ° -Eckausbildung deviate. With wooden pallets, on the other hand, the runners are typically formed by wooden boards that are simply cut to length so that the appropriate saw cut actually results in an elongated rectangle with four 90 ° corners as the contact surface of the runners of a wooden pallet. Compared to such contact areas, the contact areas of runners of a plastic pallet therefore have so-called flaws in the four corners, where they deviate from an exactly rectangular contour.
Der vorliegende Vorschlag sieht vor, dass Anschläge auf dem Palettendeck über den Fehlstellen der Palette angeordnet sind, also dort, wo sich die Fehlstellen einer zweiten, gleichartigen Pa lette befinden, welche deckungsgleich auf die vorschlagsgemä ße Palette aufgestapelt ist. Durch diese Anordnung der Anschlä ge ist sichergestellt, dass die Anschläge nicht etwa außerhalb der Breite einer Kufe angeordnet sind. Auf diese Weise wird eine Bewegung in Längsrichtung der Kufe durch die Anschläge ver hindert. Aus demselben Grund bewirken die Anschläge auch ei ne Bewegung quer zur Längsrichtung der Kufe, da auch in die ser Hinsicht die Anschläge nicht außerhalb der Kufenlänge an geordnet sind, sondern einen Formschluss mit der Kufe bewir ken. The present proposal provides that stops are arranged on the pallet deck over the imperfections of the pallet, i.e. where the imperfections of a second, similar pallet are located, which is piled up congruently on the pallet proposed by the proposal. This arrangement of the stops ensures that the stops are not arranged outside the width of a runner. In this way, movement in the longitudinal direction of the runner is prevented by the attacks. For the same reason, the stops also cause a movement transversely to the longitudinal direction of the runner, since in this respect, too, the stops are not arranged outside the runner length, but rather cause a positive fit with the runner.
In einer Ausgestaltung können die Anschläge als Leisten ausge staltet sein, sodass ein länglicher Anschlag geschaffen werden kann, der in besonders hohem Maße auch als Transportsiche rung für auf der Palette abgestellte Ware dienen kann. In one embodiment, the stops can be designed as strips so that an elongated stop can be created which can also serve to a particularly high degree as a transport lock for goods placed on the pallet.
In einer dazu alternativen Ausgestaltung kann allerdings beson ders vorteilhaft vorgesehen sein, dass die Anschläge nicht als längliche Leisten, sondern vielmehr als aufrecht ragende Nop pen ausgestaltet sind. Wenn auf dem Palettendeck eine Ladung abgestellt wird, welche die Abmessungen des Palettendecks vollständig ausnutzt, steht eine solche Ladung auch auf den vor- schlagsgemäßen Anschlägen auf. Um Verformungen der La dung durch den Kontakt mit den Anschlägen möglichst auszu schließen bzw. in einem möglichst geringen Ausmaß zu halten, sind die kleinen Querschnittsflächen, welche die Noppen im Ver- gleich zu Leisten aufweisen, besonders vorteilhaft. Sollten dieIn an alternative embodiment to this, however, it can be particularly advantageously provided that the stops are not designed as elongated strips, but rather as upright protruding knobs. If a load is placed on the pallet deck that fully utilizes the dimensions of the pallet deck, such a load is also placed on the front striking attacks. In order to prevent deformations of the charge from contact with the stops or to keep them to a minimum, the small cross-sectional areas that the knobs have in comparison to strips are particularly advantageous. Should the
Noppen beispielsweise eine Kartonverpackung bereichsweise geringfügig eindrücken, so kann jedoch ein unerwünschter Druck bzw. eine unerwünschte Verformung des in einer solchen Kar tonverpackung befindlichen Ladeguts verhindert werden. For example, knobs slightly depress a cardboard packaging in some areas, but this can prevent undesired pressure or undesired deformation of the load located in such a cardboard packaging.
Beispielsweise kann vorteilhaft vorgesehen sein, dass die Nop pen ausschließlich innerhalb der sogenannten Fehlstellenberei che angeordnet sind, also der Bereiche des Palettendecks, wo sich die Fehlstellen der Kufen einer zweiten, aufgestapelten Pa- lette befinden. Durch die Begrenzung des Noppenquerschnitts auf diesen Fehlstellenbereich ist die gewünschte kleine Quer schnittsfläche der Noppen gewährleistet. For example, it can advantageously be provided that the knobs are arranged exclusively within the so-called defect areas, that is to say the areas of the pallet deck where the defects in the runners of a second, stacked pallet are located. By limiting the knob cross-section to this defect area, the desired small cross-sectional area of the knobs is guaranteed.
Vorteilhaft können die Noppen mit gleichbleibendem Querschnitt nach oben verlaufen. Dies verleiht ihnen eine optimale mechani sche Stabilität im Vergleich zu Noppen, die sich zu ihrem oberen Ende hin stark verjüngen. So werden unerwünschte Verformun gen der Noppen ausgeschlossen, wenn beispielsweise Ladung auf die Noppen gestellt wird, oder wenn beim Stapeln einer Holzpalette die dort vorhandenen Kufen keine Fehlstellen auf weisen und sich daher die Holzpalette sowie weitere darauf ge stapelte Paletten u. a. auch auf den Noppen abstützen. The knobs can advantageously run upwards with a constant cross section. This gives them optimum mechanical stability compared to knobs, which taper sharply towards their upper end. So unwanted Deformun conditions of the knobs are excluded, for example, if the load is placed on the knobs, or if when stacking a wooden pallet the runners there have no defects and therefore the wooden pallet and other pallets stacked on it u. a. also support on the knobs.
Die Anschläge können vorzugsweise eine Höhe aufweisen, die zwischen 3 und 10 mm beträgt, also dementsprechend hoch über das Palettendeck ragt. Auf diese Weise ist einerseits ein zuverlässiger Formschluss gewährleistet, der einen guten Sta pelverbund gleichartiger Kunststoffpaletten sicherstellt. Anderer seits ist die Höhe so gering bemessen, dass einerseits uner- wünschte Beschädigungen der Anschläge selbst und anderer- seits unerwünschte Beschädigungen der Ladung vermieden werden. The stops can preferably have a height which is between 3 and 10 mm, that is to say protrudes correspondingly high above the pallet deck. In this way, a reliable form fit is ensured on the one hand, which ensures a good Sta pelverbund similar plastic pallets. On the other hand, the height is so low that, on the one hand, undesired damage to the stops themselves and other unwanted damage to the cargo is avoided.
Insbesondere kann die Höhe der Anschläge zwischen 4 und 6 mm betragen. Diese Abmessungen haben sich aus den vorge nannten Gründen in ersten praktischen Versuchen als hervorra gender Kompromiss zwischen einer vorteilhaft flachen Ausge staltung und einer vorteilhaft formschlüssigen Ausgestaltung der Anschläge herausgestellt. In particular, the height of the stops can be between 4 and 6 mm. For the reasons mentioned above, these dimensions have been found to be an excellent compromise between an advantageously flat configuration and an advantageously form-fitting configuration of the stops in first practical tests.
Vorteilhaft können an einer Seite des Palettendecks vier An schläge in einer Reihe angeordnet sein, davon ausgehend, dass auch das Palettendeck abgerundete Ecken seiner im Wesentli chen rechteckigen Fläche aufweist und dementsprechend die vier Ecken ebenfalls Fehlstellen darstellen. Wo keine Anschläge angeordnet werden können, ermöglichen die vier erwähnten An schläge einen optimalen Formschluss mit einer gleichartigen, darüber angeordneten Palette, indem an sämtlichen vier dazu geeigneten Fehlstellen der Kufen der oberen Palette das Palet tendeck der unteren Palette mit Anschlägen versehen ist. Advantageously, four stops can be arranged in a row on one side of the pallet deck, assuming that the pallet deck also has rounded corners of its essentially rectangular surface and accordingly the four corners also represent flaws. Where no stops can be arranged, the four mentioned stops allow an optimal form fit with a similar, above-arranged pallet by the palet tendeck of the lower pallet is provided with stops at all four suitable defects in the runners of the upper pallet.
Dabei kann vorteilhaft vorgesehen sein, dass die beiden äuße ren Anschläge eine geringere Höhe aufweisen als die beiden mittleren Anschläge. Wenn beispielsweise eine Holzpalette auf einer vorschlagsgemäßen Palette angeordnet wird, befinden sich die hölzernen Kufen auf den vorschlagsgemäßen Anschlägen der unteren Palette. Während die beiden mittleren Anschläge für das Stapeln gleichartiger Kunststoffpaletten durch ihre größere Höhe einen optimalen Formschluss sicherstellen und die beiden niedrigeren, äußeren Anschläge lediglich unterstützend wirken, stellen die beiden niedrigeren äußeren Anschläge für eine dar über befindliche hölzerne Palette eine Kippsicherung dar. Da sich die Anschläge vorschlagsgemäß auf der Oberfläche des Pa lettendecks befinden, also auf der ggf. von der Ladung genutzten Fläche, besteht eine vorteilhafte Ausgestaltung der Anschläge darin, dass sie nicht als Störkörper für die Ladung wirken. Dem- entsprechend sind die Anschläge vorteilhaft sowohl hinsichtlich ihres Querschnitts als auch ihrer Höhe so klein wie möglich und andererseits so groß wie nötig, um den gewünschten Form schluss mit einer zweiten, gleichartigen Palette zu bewirken. Durch die unterschiedlichen Höhen der mittleren und der äuße ren Noppen werden diese beiden unterschiedlichen Zielsetzun gen verfolgt: Während die beiden mittleren Noppen durch ihre größere Höhe einen hervorragenden Formschluss bieten, wür den sie, wenn sie allein vorgesehen wären, bei einer auf die Pa lette aufgestapelten Holzpalette ähnlich einer Kippachse Kipp bewegungen der Holzpalette zu den beiden Seiten hin ermögli chen. Diese Kippbewegungen werden durch die beiden äußeren Anschläge wirksam unterbunden, wobei die Holzpalette aufgrund ihrer Eigenelastizität mit ihren drei Kufen auf sämtlichen vier An schlägen aufliegt und somit zuverlässig gegen Kippbewegungen gesichert ist. Gleichzeitig unterstützt die geringere Höhe der bei den äußeren Anschläge die Bestrebung, die vorschlagsgemäß vorgesehenen Anschläge so klein wie möglich auszugestalten. It can advantageously be provided that the two outer stops have a lower height than the two middle stops. For example, if a wooden pallet is placed on a proposed pallet, the wooden runners are on the proposed stops of the lower pallet. While the two middle stops for stacking similar plastic pallets ensure an optimal form fit due to their greater height and the two lower, outer stops only have a supportive effect, the two lower outer stops provide a tilt protection for a wooden pallet located above According to the proposal, are located on the surface of the pallet deck, that is to say on the area possibly used by the cargo, an advantageous embodiment of the stops is that they do not act as a disruptive body for the cargo. Dem- accordingly, the stops are advantageous both in terms of their cross section and their height as small as possible and, on the other hand, as large as necessary to effect the desired form-fitting with a second, similar range. Due to the different heights of the middle and outer knobs, these two different objectives are pursued: While the two middle knobs offer an excellent form fit due to their greater height, if they were provided alone they would be stacked on the pallet Wooden pallet, similar to a tilting axis, enables tilting movements of the wooden pallet to both sides. These tilting movements are effectively prevented by the two outer stops, the wooden pallet due to its inherent elasticity with its three runners on all four stops and is thus reliably secured against tilting movements. At the same time, the lower height of the external stops supports the endeavor to make the stops provided according to the proposal as small as possible.
In ersten praktischen Versuchen haben sich Höhen der Anschlä ge als vorteilhaft herausgestellt, die bei den beiden erwähnten mittleren Anschlägen zwischen 5 und 6 mm betragen, insbeson dere 5,5 mm über das Palettendeck hinausragen, und für die beiden äußeren Anschläge zwischen 3,5 und 4,5 mm betragen, insbesondere 4 mm hoch über das Palettendeck hinausragen. In first practical tests, heights of the attacks have been found to be advantageous, which are between 5 and 6 mm for the two middle attacks mentioned, in particular 5.5 mm protrude beyond the pallet deck, and for the two outer attacks between 3.5 and 4.5 mm, in particular protrude 4 mm above the pallet deck.
Vorteilhaft kann die vorschlagsgemäße Palette mit einer rutsch hemmend ausgestalteten Oberfläche ausgestattet sein. Hierzu sind aus der Praxis eine Vielzahl unterschiedlicher Vorschläge bekannt, sodass darauf nicht näher eingegangen zu werden braucht. Die rutschhemmende Oberfläche unterstützt eine stabi le Stapelbildung mit gleichartigen oder auch mit anders ausge stalteten Paletten. Sollte die rutschhemmende Wirkung jedoch durch Feuchtigkeit, Eisbildung o. dgl. beeinträchtigt sein, ge währleisten die vorschlagsgemäßen Anschläge dennoch einen stabilen Halt von aufeinandergestapelten Paletten. Ein Ausführungsbeispiel einer vorschlagsgemäßen Palette wird anhand der rein schematischen Darstellungen nachfolgend nä her erläutert. Dabei zeigt The proposed pallet can advantageously be equipped with a non-slip surface. A large number of different proposals are known from practice, so that they do not need to be discussed in more detail. The anti-slip surface supports stable stacking with similar or differently designed pallets. However, should the anti-slip effect be impaired by moisture, ice formation or the like, the proposed stops still ensure a stable hold of stacked pallets. An embodiment of a proposed pallet is explained in more detail below with reference to the purely schematic representations. It shows
Fig. 1 eine Draufsicht auf die Palette, Fig. 1 is a plan view of the pallet,
Fig. 2 eine Seitenansicht auf die Längsseite der Palette, 2 shows a side view of the long side of the pallet,
Fig. 3 eine Seitenansicht auf die Stirnseite der Palette,3 shows a side view of the front side of the pallet,
Fig. 4 eine perspektivische Ansicht von oben auf 2 mittlere 4 is a perspective view from above of two middle ones
Anschläge der Palette, und Pallet stops, and
Fig. 5 eine Ansicht von unten auf die Palette. 5 shows a view from below of the pallet.
In Fig. 1 ist eine Palette 1 dargestellt, die als Euro-Palette aus gestaltet ist und daher Stirnseiten 2 von 800 mm Länge und Längsseiten 3 von 1.200 mm Länge aufweist sowie einen Palet tenkörper aus Kunststoff. Die als Palettendeck 4 bezeichnete Oberseite der Palette 1 weist Streifen mit einer rutschhemmen den Beschichtung 5 auf. Unter einigen dieser Streifen sind Ver stärkungsprofile aus Stahl angeordnet, um die Palette 1 in Längs- und Querrichtung auszusteifen. In Fig. 1, a pallet 1 is shown, which is designed as a Euro pallet and therefore end faces 2 of 800 mm in length and long sides 3 of 1,200 mm in length and a pallet tenkbody made of plastic. The upper side of the pallet 1, referred to as the pallet deck 4, has strips with a non-slip coating 5. Under some of these strips reinforcement profiles made of steel are arranged to stiffen the pallet 1 in the longitudinal and transverse directions.
An den Stirnseiten 2 sind am Rand des Palettendecks 4 An schläge 6 angeordnet, die in Form von zylindrischen Noppen ausgestaltet sind. Dabei sind an jeder Stirnseite 2 vier Anschläge 6 vorgesehen, wobei die beiden mittleren Noppen jeweils mit ei ner Höhe von 5,5 mm über das Palettendeck 4 nach oben hin ausragen und die beiden äußeren Anschläge 6 jeweils mit einer Höhe von 4 mm über das Palettendeck 4 nach oben hinausra gen. At the end faces 2 are arranged on the edge of the pallet deck 4 to 6 beats, which are designed in the form of cylindrical knobs. Four stops 6 are provided on each end face 2, the two middle knobs each protruding from the pallet deck 4 at a height of 5.5 mm and the two outer stops 6 each having a height of 4 mm above the pallet deck 4 protrude upwards.
Fig. 2 zeigt, dass die Palette 1 an den Längsseiten 3 zwei Aus sparungen aufweist, die nach oben hin durch das Palettendeck 4, zur Seite durch Füße 8 und nach unten hin durch Kufen 9 be grenzt werden, wobei sich die Kufen 9 über die gesamte Länge der Palette 1 erstrecken. Fig. 3 zeigt die Ansicht auf eine Stirnseite 2 der Palette 1. Zwei Einfahrtaschen 7 sind zwischen den drei Kufen 9 geschaffen und dienen zur Aufnahme der Gabel eines Flurförderfahrzeugs. Zu gunsten einer für den Kunststoff materialgerechten Ausgestal tung weist die Palette 1 - und dementsprechend auch die vier äußeren Füße 8 - an ihren vier äußeren Ecken abgerundete Eckbereiche 10 mit einem ersten Biegeradius auf. Abgesehen von diesen äußeren Ecken weisen die Füße 8 ansonsten in ih rem Querschnitt jeweils abgerundete Bereiche 11 auf, deren Biegeradius größer ist als der Biegeradius der abgerundeten Eckbereiche 10. Fig. 2 shows that the pallet 1 on the long sides 3 has two recesses from the top by the pallet deck 4, to the side by feet 8 and down by runners 9 be, the runners 9 on the the entire length of the pallet 1 extend. 3 shows the view of an end face 2 of the pallet 1. Two entry pockets 7 are created between the three runners 9 and serve to accommodate the fork of an industrial truck. In favor of a suitable design for the plastic material, the pallet 1 - and accordingly also the four outer feet 8 - at their four outer corners rounded corner areas 10 with a first bending radius. Apart from these outer corners, the feet 8 otherwise each have rounded areas 11 in their cross section, the bending radius of which is greater than the bending radius of the rounded corner areas 10.
Fig. 4 zeigt eine perspektivische Ansicht von schräg oben auf ei ne Stirnseite 2 und deren mittleren Fuß 8 sowie die beiden mitt leren Anschläge 6, die als zylindrischen Noppen ausgestaltet sind und vollständig innerhalb der genormten Abmessungen der Palette von 800 x 1.200 mm der Euro-Palette angeordnet sind, also nicht über das Palettendeck 4 nach außen vorstehen. Fig. 4 shows a perspective view obliquely from above on egg ne end face 2 and the middle foot 8 and the two middle stops 6, which are designed as cylindrical knobs and completely within the standardized dimensions of the pallet of 800 x 1,200 mm of the Euro Pallet are arranged, so do not protrude beyond the pallet deck 4 to the outside.
Fig. 5 zeigt die Palette 1 von unten, unterhalb des Palettendecks 4 sind die drei Kufen 9 erkennbar, wobei die in Fig. 5 ersichtliche Form der Kufen 9 die jeweilige Aufstandsfläche einer Kufe 9 zeigt. An ihren vier äußeren Ecken weist die Palette 1 die abge rundeten Eckbereiche 10 auf und es ist erkennbar, dass die demgegenüber nicht außen, sondern weiter innen liegenden ab gerundeten Bereiche 11 einen größeren Biegeradius aufweisen als die äußeren Eckbereiche 10. Weiterhin ist an einer Stelle durch gestrichelte Linien 12 angedeutet, dass sich jeweils eine annähernd dreieckige Fehlstelle 14 in den abgerundeten Berei chen 11 ergibt, verglichen mit einer präzise rechteckigen Auf standsfläche der Kufen 9, wie sie beispielsweise bei einer höl zernen Palette gegeben wäre. FIG. 5 shows the pallet 1 from below, below the pallet deck 4 the three runners 9 can be seen, the shape of the runners 9 shown in FIG. 5 showing the respective contact surface of a runner 9. At its four outer corners, the pallet 1 has the rounded corner areas 10 and it can be seen that the rounded areas 11 that are not on the outside, but further inside have a larger bending radius than the outer corner areas 10. Furthermore, it is through at one point Dashed lines 12 indicated that there is an approximately triangular flaw 14 in the rounded areas 11, compared with a precisely rectangular footprint of the runners 9, as would be the case, for example, with a wooden pallet.
Ausgehend von dieser Geometrie der Kufen 9 zeigt Fig. 1 in ge strichelten Linien 12 den Verlauf eines Endes einer Kufe 9 un terhalb des inwieweit ersichtlichen Palettendecks 4. dort, wo sich an der Kufen 9 die Fehlstellen 14 aufgrund der gebogenen Be reiche 11 ergeben, weist dieselbe Palette 1 auf ihrem Paletten deck 4 sogenannte Fehlstellenbereiche 15 auf. Damit sind die Bereiche bezeichnet, wo sich die Fehlstellen 14 einer gleicharti- gen zweiten Palette 1 befinden, wenn diese deckungsgleich auf dem Palettendeck 4 der dargestellten Palette 1 aufgestapelt ist. Based on this geometry of the runners 9, Fig. 1 shows in dashed lines 12 the course of one end of a runner 9 un below the to what extent visible pallet deck 4. where there is on the runners 9, the defects 14 due to the curved loading areas 11, the same pallet 1 has so-called defect areas 15 on its pallet deck 4. This denotes the areas where the flaws 14 of a second pallet 1 of the same type are located when this is stacked congruently on the pallet deck 4 of the pallet 1 shown.
Die Anschläge 6 befinden sich ausschließlich im Bereich dieser Fehlstellenbereiche 15. anhand von gestrichelten Linien 12 in Fig. 3 ist ersichtlich, dass die beiden mittleren Anschläge 6 mit einem mittleren Fuß 8 einer gleichartigen, auf dem Palettendeck 4 auf stehenden Palette 1 einen Formschluss bilden. The stops 6 are located exclusively in the area of these defective areas 15. The dashed lines 12 in FIG. 3 show that the two middle stops 6 form a form fit with a middle foot 8 of a similar pallet 1 standing on the pallet deck 4.
Bei dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel dienen die beiden äußeren Anschläge 6 lediglich als Kipp-Schutz für den Fall, dass auf die dargestellte Palette 1 eine Palette aus Holz aufgestapelt wird, deren exakte rechteckige mittlere Kufe auf den beiden mitt leren Anschlägen 6 aufliegen würde, da diese hölzerne Kufe nicht die Fehlstellen 14 aufweist. Abweichend von dem darge- stellten Ausführungsbeispiel können auch die beiden äußerenIn the illustrated embodiment, the two outer stops 6 serve only as tipping protection in the event that a pallet made of wood is stacked on the pallet 1 shown, the exact rectangular middle runner would rest on the two middle stops 6, since these wooden ones The runner does not have the defects 14. Deviating from the illustrated embodiment, the two outer
Anschläge 6 in Fehlstellenbereichen 15 des Palettendecks 4 an geordnet sein. Attacks 6 in defective areas 15 of the pallet deck 4 to be ordered.
Bezugszeichen: Reference number:
Palette palette
Stirnseite Face
Längsseite Long side
Palettendeck Pallet deck
Rutschhemmende Beschichtung Anti-slip coating
Anschlag attack
Einfahrtaschen Drive-in pockets
Fuß foot
Kufe Skid
Abgerundeter Eckbereich Abgerundeter Bereich Rounded corner area Rounded area
Gestrichelte Linie Dashed line
Fehlstelle Flaw
Fehlstellenbereich Defect area

Claims

Ansprüche: Expectations:
1. Palette (1 ) als Ladungsträger, 1. Pallet (1) as load carrier,
mit einer als Palettendeck (4) bezeichneten Oberseite, und einer in Form von separaten Kufen (9) ausgestalteten Unterseite, with an upper side referred to as a pallet deck (4) and an underside in the form of separate runners (9),
wobei die Palette (1 ) aus Kunststoff besteht, the pallet (1) being made of plastic,
und die Kufen (9) eine längliche, im Wesentlichen recht eckige Aufstandsfläche aufweisen, an den vier Ecken die ser Aufstandsfläche jedoch Fehlstellen (14) in Form von Abrundungen oder Fasen aufweisen, and the runners (9) have an elongated, essentially rectangular contact area, but at the four corners of this contact area there are flaws (14) in the form of roundings or chamfers,
wobei am Rand des Palettendecks (4) Anschläge (6) ange ordnet sind, die über das Palettendeck (4) nach oben ra gen, where on the edge of the pallet deck (4) stops (6) are arranged that ra gene over the pallet deck (4) upwards,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die Anschläge (6) in so genannten Fehlstellenberei chen (15) des Palettendecks (4) angeordnet sind, nämlich über den Fehlstellen (14) der Palette (1 ). that the stops (6) are arranged in what are known as defects areas (15) of the pallet deck (4), namely above the defects (14) of the pallet (1).
2. Palette nach Anspruch 1 , 2. Pallet according to claim 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die Anschläge (6) als Leisten ausgestaltet sind, die sich bis in die Fehlstellenbereiche (15) hinein erstrecken. that the stops (6) are designed as strips which extend into the defect areas (15).
3. Palette nach Anspruch 1 , 3. Pallet according to claim 1,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die Anschläge (6) als aufrecht ragende Noppen aus gestaltet sind. that the stops (6) are designed as upright protruding knobs.
4. Palette nach Anspruch 3, 4. Pallet according to claim 3,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die Noppen ausschließlich innerhalb der Fehlstellen bereiche (15) angeordnet sind. that the knobs are arranged exclusively within the imperfections areas (15).
5. Palette nach Anspruch 3 oder 4 5. Pallet according to claim 3 or 4
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Noppen mit gleich bleibendem Querschnitt nach oben verlaufen. characterized, that the knobs run upwards with a constant cross-section.
6. Palette nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, 6. Pallet according to one of the preceding claims,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die Anschläge (6) eine Höhe aufweisen, die 3 bis 10 mm über das Palettendeck (4) ragt. that the stops (6) have a height that protrudes 3 to 10 mm above the pallet deck (4).
7. Palette nach Anspruch 6, 7. Pallet according to claim 6,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die Anschläge (6) eine Höhe aufweisen, die 4 bis 6 mm über das Palettendeck (4) ragt. that the stops (6) have a height that protrudes 4 to 6 mm above the pallet deck (4).
8. Palette nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, 8. Pallet according to one of the preceding claims,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass an einer Seite des Palettendecks (4) vier Anschläge (6) in einer Reihe angeordnet sind, that four stops (6) are arranged in a row on one side of the pallet deck (4),
wobei die beiden mittleren Anschläge (6) in den Fehlstel lenbereichen (15) einer mittig verlaufenden Kufe (9) ange ordnet sind. wherein the two middle stops (6) in the Fehlstel len areas (15) of a centrally extending runner (9) are arranged.
9. Palette nach Anspruch 8, 9. Pallet according to claim 8,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die beiden äußeren Anschläge (6) eine geringere Hö he aufweisen als die beiden mittleren Anschläge (6). that the two outer stops (6) have a lower height than the two middle stops (6).
10. Palette nach Anspruch 9, 10. Pallet according to claim 9,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, characterized,
dass die beiden mittleren Anschläge (6) eine Höhe aufwei sen, die 5 bis 6 mm über das Palettendeck (4) ragt, und die beiden äußeren Anschläge (6) eine Höhe aufwei sen, die 3,5 bis 4,5 mm über das Palettendeck (4) ragt. that the two middle stops (6) have a height that protrudes 5 to 6 mm above the pallet deck (4), and the two outer stops (6) have a height that 3.5 to 4.5 mm above the Pallet deck (4) protrudes.
11. Palette nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, 11. Pallet according to one of the preceding claims,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Palettendeck (4) wenigstens bereichsweise eine rutschhemmend ausgestaltete Oberfläche aufweist. characterized, that the pallet deck (4) has a non-slip surface, at least in some areas.
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